This week we have explored the world of YouTube. Well, what can I say about it?
I must admit I don't like it very much. There are, surely, a lot of videos that can help us improve our english, listening to discussions of english native speakers. However there are other videos that in my opinion are so silly and not interesting. Exploring TeacherTube I saw there are a lot of videos about recipts, or explanations about how our body works: these can be interesting!!!
I said I don't like the world of YouTube because I don't like sitting in front of a computer for hour and hours to see videos, but if the videos are about english language learning they can be a wonderful tool to improve my english having fun! If like me you are not very good at cooking you should see this video about how to make a double layered chocolate pie!!!
On YouTube you can find whatever thing you want and its explanatory video: this is a useful thing! However, I think this tool can be shared only by young people, who want have fun watching some videos, sometimes also very offensive videos, but I don't think that a middle-aged person or an old person visites you tube to watch videos. YouTube permit you to learn a lot of things but doesn't give you the opportunity to speak in front of other people and have a real conversation!!!
YouTube can't be considered a tool on which you can put whatever you want. Some months ago I saw on tv that some students of an high school put on YouTube a video in which they teased and maltreated a subnormal mate of them: I think videos like this are to be forbidden!!!
Finally, I can say on YouTube there are some useful videos that permit us to improve our english; it depends on us to watch them and use their teaching with intelligence.
What do you think about YouTube? I'm looking forward to see your reflections!
Bye bye!
Letizia
